title: Marginal zone lymphomas.
abstract: In the World Health Organization classification of tumors of hematopoietic and lymphoid tissues, the group of marginal zone lymphomas comprises three different entities, namely the extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue, the nodal marginal zone B-cell, and the splenic marginal zone B-cell lymphoma (with or without circulating villous lymphocytes). This article addresses each of the marginal zone lymphomas.
authors.affiliation: Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Ospedale San Giovanni, 6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland. ielsg@ticino.com
authors.forename: Emanuele
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zucca
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bertoni
authors.forename: Anastasios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stathis
authors.forename: Franco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cavalli
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D018442:Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone / Q000145:classification* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D014944:World Health Organization